All this week we are featuring POV films that are a part of the PBS 2013 Online Film Festival. Today, we’re highlighting Sin País. Winner of a 2012 Student Academy Award®, Sin País explores a family’s experience as members are separated by deportation.

Find out more about the PBS 2013 Online Film Festival and check out more surprising short stories — that only public media could tell — on the official festival site.

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POV (a cinema term for "point of view") is television's longest-running showcase for independent non-fiction films. POV premieres 14-16 of the best, boldest and most innovative programs every year on PBS. Since 1988, POV has presented over 400 films to public television audiences across the country. POV films are known for their intimacy, their unforgettable storytelling and their timeliness, putting a human face on contemporary social issues.